Polaris

See also: polaris, poláris, and Poláris

English

Etymology

From Latin stēlla polāris (“pole star”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔʊˈlɑɹɪs/

Proper noun

Polaris

(astronomy) The pole star, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor that currently lies close to the north celestial pole; Alpha (α) Ursae Minoris
A type of U.S. ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and designed to be launched from a submarine.

Synonyms

Lode Star
North Star
Pole Star

Translations

star

Afrikaans: Polaris
Arabic: نَجْم الشَمَال‎ (najm aš-šamāl)
Armenian: Բևեռային աստղ (Beweṙayin astł)
Basque: Iparrizarra (eu)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 勾陳一, 勾陈一 (ngau¹ can⁴ jat¹)
Mandarin: 勾陳一／勾陈一 (Gōuchényī)
Chukchi: унп-эӈэр (unp-eŋer) ("pole star"), алӄэп-эӈэр (alqep-eŋer) ("nail-star"), илук-эӈэр (iluk-eŋer) ("unmovable star")
Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka f
Danish: Polarstjernen
Dutch: Polaris (nl)
Estonian: Põhjanael
Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
French: Étoile polaire
German: Polarstern (de)
Greek: Κυνόσουρα (el) (Kynósoura)
Hebrew: כוכב הצפון‎ (he)
Hindi: पोलारिस (polāris)
Icelandic: Pólstjarnan (is)
Indonesian: Polaris
Italian: Polaris
Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, hokkyokusei)
Korean: 폴라리스 (Pollariseu)
Lakota: Wičháȟpi owáŋžila
Latin: Stella Polaris
Latvian: Polārzvaigzne
Lithuanian: Šiaurinė
Malagasy: Kintan'ny tendron-tany avaratra
Navajo: náhookǫs bikǫʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Polarstjernen
Persian: ستاره قطبی‎, میخگاه‎ (mīxgāh)
Polish: Gwiazda Polarna, Polaris (pl)
Portuguese: Polaris
Romanian: Steaua polară (ro)
Russian: Поля́рная звезда́ (ru) f (Poljárnaja zvezdá)
Sanskrit: द्युतिकर (sa) m or n (dyutikara)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Северњача f
Roman: Severnjača (sh) f
Shor: Қоошқар (qooşqar)
Slovene: Severnica f
Southern Altai: Алтын казык (Altïn kazïk)
Spanish: Polaris
Swahili: Polaris
Swedish: Polstjärnan (sv)
Tagalog: Polaris, Talang Batugan
Thai: ดาวเหนือ (th) (daao-nʉ̌ʉa), โพลาริส (poo-laa-rít)
Turkish: Kutup Yıldızı (tr), Demirkazık (tr), Kuzey Yıldızı (tr)
Ukrainian: Полярна зірка (Poljarna zirka)
Urdu: قطبی ستارہ‎, پولارس‎
Uyghur: تۆمۈرقوزۇق‎ (tömürqozuq), ئالتۇن قوزۇق‎ (altun qozuq)
Uzbek: temirqoziq (uz)
Vietnamese: Polaris
Yup'ik: agyarrlak

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Poláris

Proper noun

Polaris f

(astronomy) Polaris (star in the north celestial pole)